> Even among researchers, people are a little superstitious about stuff like this.

Being superstitious is not common in the medical treatment world, where weird product names are common.

A doctor isn’t going to include the device’s brand name in their decision process for treating a cancer patient.

The Therac-25 case study is noted in the medical world but not to the same extent as in engineering. The case was a tragedy of bad engineering, but the doctors involved in directing the treatments were not at fault for the radiation over exposures.